Item details: Olympic pride, American prejudice : the untold story of 18 African Americans who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics - 48275267

Olympic pride, American prejudice : the untold story of 18 African Americans who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics

text Olympic pride, American prejudice : the untold story of 18 African Americans who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Draper, Deborah Riley

Summary: "Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South." -- Publisher annotation.

Contents: The girls are fast -- A single inch, a cross on fire -- Discipline and heart -- Determination -- Dashing to the tape -- The underestimated -- Qualified and confident -- Together yet alone -- Defeat -- Do the little things well -- Looking ahead -- ... Read more

Format: text

Description: 388 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Publisher: Atria Books 2020

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	796.48 DRA in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	796.48 DRA in Adult Non-fiction	Reshelving

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